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Synteny, the co-linear arrangement of genes in related taxa, shows parallelity to Vavilov's law of homologous series and possibly provides a molecular approach for the explanation of this law.
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Hammer, K., Schubert, I. Are Vavilov's law of homologous series and synteny related?. Genet Resour Crop Evol 41, 123–124 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051628
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